尼科巴树鼩(学名:Tupaia nicobarica)是树鼩属的一个种。[1]它是尼科巴群岛的特有物种。该物种栖息在岛上的热带雨林中,但它们目前受到栖息地丧失的威胁。[2]
虽然以前被列为濒危物种,但尼科巴树鼩现在在其适当的栖息地很常见。[3]
约翰·泽勒博尔于1868年首次描述了尼科巴树鼩。[4]
栖息地
尼科巴树鼩仅分布于印度的大尼科巴岛和小尼科巴岛,这两个岛屿的最高点,海拔640米。[5]
参考资料
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Helgen, K.M. Tupaia nicobarica. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (编). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005: 108. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Laginha Pinto Correia, D. & Kennerley, R. Tupaia nicobarica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22454A115166757 [errata version of 2016 assessment] [26 January 2022].
- ^ Oommen, MA and Shanker, Kartik (2008) Ecology and Behaviour of An Endemic Treeshrew Tupaia Nicobarica Zelebor 1869 on Great Nicobar Island, India. Journal of The Bombay Natural History Society , 108 (1). pp. 55-63. ISSN 0006-6982
- ^ Zelebor, J. (1868). Cladobates Nicobaricus (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). In: Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde. Zoologischer Theil, Band 1 Säugethiere. Wien: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. Pp. 17–19.
- ^ Narasimmarajan, K. 2014. Recent photographic observation of Nicobar Treeshrew Tupaia nicobarica (Zelebor, 1869) on Great Nicobar Island. Small Mammal Mail 5(2): 2-3.
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